Call for abstracts

Medieval Kristiansten Fortress, located on a hill east of the city of Trondheim. Photo: Colourbox

The XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress will host 30 Working Groups along three thematic areas that will explore rural futures in Europe. Under the core theme of Rural Futures in a Complex World, we identify three further themes which raise questions for rural studies and which necessarily transcend disciplinary boundaries.

Innovation, artificial intelligence and digitisation

Social justice and rural spaces and places

Knowledge production, policymaking and research agendas

We are delighted to be able to offer a variety of formats for our Working Groups. There are 21 traditional long paper sessions. The remaining 11 are a mixture of lightning talks, panel debates, fishbowl sessions and split sessions. We believe this will make for a really exciting conference, offering the opportunity for researchers across Europe to participate in a way that best suits them.

Each Working Group description outlines the topic, the specific approach and the format of that WG. The convenors of the Working Groups are listed, as well as the contact person in the links below. Send your abstract to the contact person before January 31th 2019. Please use our uploader below and the abstract will be sent to the right contact person(s).

Your abstract should include:

your name, affiliation and email address

title of the abstract

keywords (max 5)

abstract (200 - 400 words unless stated otherwise)

Remember to upload to the correct Working Group. Choose from the drop-downlist below.

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ESRS 2019

The XXVIIIth ESRS Congress will be held in Trondheim, Norway, June 25 – 28, 2019. The local organizing committee is Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research. We are an independent research foundation located at the NTNU in Trondheim.